[3] According to legend, the name of the village is derived from local Polish knight Goczał, whose descendants took the surname Goczałkowicz, and their seat was called Goczałkowice.

In 1407, the village became part of the newly formed Duchy of Pszczyna under Duchess Helena Korybutówna, niece of Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło.

[3] During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the duchy was overtaken in 1480 by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn from the Piast dynasty, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country.

In the War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia, including the village, and in 1871 it became part of the German Empire.

The village is home to the only Borussia Dortmund youth academy outside of Germany, founded by and named after its player Łukasz Piszczek.